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A supplier exchange plan is a bilateral exchange: you specify items to return and items to receive from a supplier in a single operation, with balance/tolerance guards.

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Lifecycle

Draft → Proposed → Agreed → In transit → Settled → Closed
  • Draft — build both sides of the exchange.
  • Proposed — requires at least one return item and one receive item.
  • Agreed — validated by business rules; this is the decision moment. Crossing the approval threshold triggers an approval.
  • In transit — returned items leave the source shop.
  • Settled — received items arrive at the destination shop.
  • Closed — archived.

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Items

One line per variant × size × side, where side is Return or Receive. Return items can reference the source item and a reason code. Items move To review → Ready for order.

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Rules & approval

Supplier exchange has an approval gate on the status change to Agreed. Rules commonly guard the exchange tolerance (how far the return and receive values may differ) and supplier/brand consistency. See Plan lifecycle & approvals.